Sunday, 3 May 2026
20 April 2026 on the Old calendar
- 4th Sunday after Pascha. Sunday of the Paralytic
- Holy Martyr Abraham the Bulgar, Wonderworker of Vladimir († 1229) (movable feast on the 4th Sunday of Pascha)
- Righteous Tabitha of Joppa (1st C) (movable feast on the 4th Sunday of Pascha)
Liturgical colour: red
Saints of the day
- Venerable Theodore Trichinas “the Hair-Shirt Wearer”, hermit near Constantinople
- Transfer of the Relics (1991) of St Nicholas (Velimirović) of Žiča († 1956) (Serb.)
- New Hieroconfessor Theodosius, bishop of Kolomensk († 1937)
- Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Oshevensk († 1479)
- Childmartyr Gabriel of Bialystok († 1690)
- Holy Hierarch Gregory, Patriarch of Antioch († 593)
- Holy Hierarch Anastasius I, Patriarch of Antioch († 599)
- Venerable Anastasius, Abbot of Sinai († 685)
- Icons of the Mother of God “Kipiazhskaya” and “Cypriot” (392)
- Hieromartyr Anastasius II, Patriarch of Antioch († 609)
Fasting
No fastAny food is fine.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.